You can't compare France to any of the other UEFA teams. During the last one decade or so, every other UEFA team has become weaker. Netherlands and Germany are prime examples. But France is probably the only UEFA team that has got stronger. They have a steady supply of young players and at this point their best player is the 24-year old Kylian Mbappé. Italy on the other hand is a relatively young team (despite the rapidly ageing population in that country), but their younger players are yet to prove their worth at the international level.
What can you say about England? It seems that they are consistently getting stronger, but so far this is not reflected in the titles. But this is a separate conversation, since short tournaments and their small number introduce a large degree of randomness into the results of national teams' games. France is undeniably top, but England isn't much farther away plus there are always bad days for any team (like when France was knocked out by Switzerland on penalties).